8 Success Competencies – The Secret to Reaching the Top of Leadership

Want to lead your team without burning out? Rising Above unveils 8 essential competencies to help middle managers and senior leaders conquer their goals.
Leadership isn’t a sprint where you can dash full-speed and collapse—it’s a marathon requiring endurance and skill. In Chapter 4, Rising Above introduces the “8 Success Competencies”—tools to lead your team without losing yourself. For new leaders, this is a roadmap to start right. Middle managers will find ways to optimize performance. Senior leaders use it to solidify their organizational standing.

Though the excerpt doesn’t detail all 8 competencies, we can infer from the content: decision-making, communication, time management, adaptability, and more. Coach Tường Huân stresses: success isn’t just the outcome—it’s how you operate. For example, as a middle manager swamped with deadlines, lacking time management skills leads to exhaustion. Rising Above teaches you to allocate energy to hit KPIs while keeping your team’s fire alive.

Imagine this: you’re a new leader, and your team doubts your ability. Using the book’s communication competency, you hold a meeting, listen, and provide clear direction—suddenly, trust grows. For senior leaders, adaptability lets you pivot strategy when markets shift. This isn’t empty theory—the book urges you to practice each competency with real-life stories and exercises.

Try it now: pick a weak competency (like focus) and work on it for a week—say, turn off phone notifications during meetings. Rising Above isn’t just a book—it’s a “toolkit” to reach the top. Are you ready to open it?